CHAPTER XI. 



SPIRAEAS. 



Just as I am writing this chapter, Bulletin 47, on 

 trees and shrubs tested in northwest Canada, comes to 

 me from the director. Dr. Saunders. I am very glad 

 to welcome it, for we want the benefit of their patient 

 research, and things that will thrive in those cold re- 

 gions will do further south. 



Their experience corresponds with that of the York 

 Experiment Station in that we cannot raise any of the 

 Deutzias. 



We have been at great expense in testing these, and 

 have to throw tliem out altogether. The result is the 

 same with the Beeches. In no case have they passed 

 the w^inter in either station. 



With the Spiricas it is different. There are about 

 fifty varieties of this family. There is a wide range 

 both in foliage and bloom. Planted for a succession, 

 we have flowers nearly or quite all summer. They are 

 very easily propagated. Many grow from cuttings, and 

 the rest multiply by ofF-shoots very rapidly. So there 

 is no reason why they should not be had in abundance. 



The first to bloom is the Arguta, said to be a cross 

 between Thunbergii and Multiflora. This blooms with 

 the tulips. It is in such haste to blossom that it does 



